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pix , picis, f.: pitch.

pix, pĭcis, f. [akin to Gr. πικρός, bitter, πίτυς, pine; cf. πεύκη], = πίσσα,

• pitch: picem meminisse debemus non aliud esse quam combustae resinae fluxum, Plin. 23, 1, 24, § 47; cf. id. 16, 11, 21, § 52: postes inducti pice, Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 140 (829): pastor junctis pice cantat avenis, Ov. Tr. 5, 10, 25: hic dies festus Corticem astrictum pice dimovebit Amphorae, Hor. C. 3, 8, 10: caelum pice nigrius, Ov. H. 18, 7.—Boiling pitch was poured on the bodies of slaves as a punishment: te Pix atra agitet aput carnificem, Plaut. Capt. 3, 4, 65 (597); Lucr. 3, 1017.—In plur.: Idaeasque pices, Verg. G. 3, 450; Plin. 14, 20, 25, § 122: ut pices navium solverentur, Aug. Civ. Dei, 3, 31.— Prov.: Qui tetigerit picem inquinabitur, Vulg. Ecclus. 13, 1.

pix, picis, f. (πίσσα), das Pech, der Teer, pix liquida, Scrib. Larg.: pix fervefacta, Caes.: pix sulphure et taedā mixta, Sall.: cupae taedā ac pice refertae, Caes.: cupas sevo, pice, scandulis complere, Caes.: postes inducere pice, Plaut.: alqd pice linere, Liv.: alqd pice ungere, saturare, Vitr. – Plur. = Pechstücke, Pechmassen, pices Idaeae, Verg. georg. 3, 450: ut pices navium solverentur, Augustin. de civ. dei 3, 31. – Siedendes Pech den Sklaven zur Strafe auf den Leib geträufelt, Plaut. u. Lucr.

1 pix [CL cf. πίσσα] 1 resinous substance obtained by distillation of tar, pitch (usu. of vegetable rather than mineral origin); b (w. ref. to Is. xxxiv 9); c (w. ref. to Sirach xiii 1); d (as type of blackness also fig.). e (dist. acc. use); f (w. ref. to tarring and feathering as form of punishment); g (in list of spices). pix, picis, pic GlC P 425; firmavit ‥ scrinium intus et foris cum pice et cera et stetit in litore maris portans scrinium in manibus suis Descr. Constant. 253; cum sevus furor Caldaici regis ‥ ipsam ‥ fornacem pice ac ceteris ignium fomentis succendi omnimodis elaborasset Dominic V. Ecgwini prol.; ceteri ‥ super muros ‥ admota lignorum materia cum pice et lino et oleo et omnimodis ignium fomentis machine nostre injiciunt Osb. Bawdsey clxxv; dum [Minotaurus] aperiret ad devorandum Theseum, Theseus picem in os ejus jecit, quam dum Minotaurus masticaret Theseus caput ejus gladio amputavit Natura Deorum 121; quesumus ‥ / ‥ pice ne cruciemur Averni V. Anselmi Epit. 179; pix [Trevisa: pycche] pini lacryma est, per coctionem ignis cum nigredine indurata Bart. Angl. XVII 123; c1300 pix et hedera simul coquantur, capud radatur, et in panno lineo super capud involvatur Pop. Med. 232; alchitram, i. pix SB 9; kitran, i. pix Alph. 88; hec pix, -cis, pyk WW.  b torrentes in picem et fumus in sulphur et terra in picem ardentem eis convertetur, et in sempiternum non extinguetur Hon. Spec. Eccl. 940D.  c a convictu mores formantur, et qui picem tangit coinquinabitur ab ea Gir. TH III 24; si is qui tangit picem inquinatur ab ea J. Ford Serm. 119. 2.  d c1220 vicium est in opere: virtus est in ore. / picem tegunt animi niveo colore (Contra Avaritiam 10) Pol. Songs 14; tunc pix erit candida / ‥ / flamma fiet gelida Walt. Wimb. Van. 102.  e 1184 pro hairis et pice et sepo ad parandam navem ‥ que abiit in Hyspanias in servitio regis Pipe 136; 1280 in olla et pice ad dolia emptis, j d. Ac. Stratton 111; 1297 in balistis et quarellis preparandis et renovandis hoc anno, iiij s. j d.; in canabo ad cordellas, cera, pixe, et cepo emptis ad idem, ix d. dim. Ac. Cornw 65; 1307 in uncto, melle, atramento, vertegres, sulphure, coperosio, cera, et pice pro equis infirmis Ac. Durh. 505.  f s1190 latro ‥ tondeatur ‥ et pix bulliens super caput ejus effundatur, et pluma pulvinaris super caput ejus excutiatur G. Ric. I 110.  g tollite totum frumentum nostrum et omnes species quas habemus de diversis rebus, piper, picem, cinamomum, et reliqua Descr. Constant. 253. 2 (dist acc. sort): a (pix alba) resin. b (pix cedrina) cedar-pitch. c (pix dura) dried or hard resin. d (pix Graeca) colophony, ‘Greek pitch’. e (pix liquida) tar, turpentine. f (pix navalis) pitch esp. suitable for applying to ships, ‘naval pitch’. g (pix perasi, pix Persica, pix presia, pix purcia) colophony, ‘Greek pitch’. h (pix resina) pine-resin. i (pix usualis) ‘ordinary’ pitch. a resina, i. pix alba, rosin SB 36.  b cedrus harbor unde fit pix cedrina Alph. 36.  c pixassera [i. e. πίσσα ξηρά], i. pix dura Gl. Laud. 1193; pixaxera, pix dura Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 480.  d alio ‥ modo componitur dura, et alio modo liquida, et a multis colophonia vel pix Greca [Trevisa: picche of Grees] dicitur, quia in Graecia in quantitate maxima invenitur Bart. Angl. XVII 123; pix Greca pulverizata Gilb. III 158v. 2; colofonia, pix Greca idem SB 16; colophonia, i. pix Greca vel pix presia Alph. 42.  e itrio pissa, i. pix liquida Gl. Laud. 824; quidam [sc. liquores] ‥ per exustionem ignis ‥ acquiruntur, ut colophonia, pix liquida [Trevisa: neisshe pyche], oleum juniperi, et similia Bart. Angl. XIX 51; accipe salem et fuliginem et oleum commune et picem liquidam, tere omnia simul Gilb. II 83v. 2; 1349 (v. 2e infra); recipe salis, fuliginis, olei olive, picis liquide equo pondere, tere hec omnia, et fac unguentum ‥; in conficiendo est fetor propter picem liquidam, i. carpit[l. tarpic] Anglice Gad. 131. 1; alquitran, pix liquida idem SB 10; pix liquida, picula idem, terpiche SB 34; pix liquida, est terebintha LC 257.  f in pice navali resoluta bulliendo Gilb. II 83v. 2; 1349 xx li. picis navalis, xxxvj li. picis liquide, ‥ xlv li. rosyne, ‥ xviij li. colofonie (KR Ac 391/15) Arch. XXXI 71; pix: picis multa sunt genera, sed quando simpliciter de navali intelligitur SB 34 (cf. Alph. 145: pro usuali intelligitur).  g colophonia, i. pix Greca vel pix presia [v. l. Persica] Alph. 42; pix Greca, i. colofonia idem et pix perasi Ib. 145; pix purcia, respice in pix Greca Ib. 146.  h gummi pini, i. pix resina, i. sagapinum vel serapinum secundum quosdam SB 23.  i picis multa sunt genera, et quando simpliciter ponitur pro usuali intelligitur Alph. 145 (cf. SB 34: de navali intelligitur). 3 solidified fat, suet, tallow. pice, saevo [i. e. sebo], unamaelte smeorwe GlC P 400. 4 (bot., pix marina) ? rosemary (libanotidos), or ? f. l. coniza tres habet species, viz. coniza lata vel armentalis, secunda libanotis sive pix [? l. ros] marina, media coniza cephaleos vel thimus minor Alph. 43.

2 pix v. pyxis

pix, (11) ĭcis, f. (πίσσα), poix : Cæs. G. 7, 25, 2 ; C. 2, 11, 2 ; Hor. O. 3, 8, 10 ; Virg. G. 3, 450.

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• PI-, PIC-, pitch: sulfure mixta, S.: fervefacta, Cs.: atra, O.: Corticem astrictun pice dimovere, H.: Idaeae pices, lumps of pitch, V.